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Alien

1979 · 117 min · Horror, Science Fiction

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

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Cast

  • Lt. Ellen Louise Ripley Sigourney Weaver
  • Arthur Koblenz Dallas Tom Skerritt
  • Ash Ian Holm
  • Gilbert Ward Kane John Hurt
  • Samuel Elias Brett Harry Dean Stanton
  • Dennis Monroe Parker Yaphet Kotto
  • Mother (voice) Helen Horton

Directed by Ridley Scott